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South Carolina wins second baseball national title

A year ago, Michael Roth was an unexpected hero in South Carolina's march to its first College World Series title. This season, as a proven star in the Gamecock lineup, the senior southpaw delivered again on the biggest stage. Ro [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Sleepy baseball players take a hit in batting average, study...

What makes baseball players like Jose Reyes of the New York Mets and Adrian Gonzalez of the Boston Red Sox such good hitters? It might have something to do with the time of day (or night) when the umpire yells, “Play ball!” [...]

Posted On : Jun, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Super Pitching Duel Lined Up For Super Regionals

The Virginia baseball team will be looking to advance to the College World Series for the second time in school history this weekend, and the second time in three years, as they take on UC Irvine Saturday at Davenport Field in Super Regio [...]

Posted On : Jun, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

NZ invited to World Baseball Classic

New Zealand will try to qualify for baseball's equivalent of the rugby and soccer World Cups for the first time next year. Baseball New Zealand has been invited to participate for the first time in the World Baseball Classic, a four-y [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Scholarship offer to female pitcher brings heat for coach

Montreat (N.C.) baseball coach Michael Bender expected some publicity when he offered a small athletic scholarship to a female pitcher. He didn't anticipate a frenzy. Even though right-hander Marti Sementelli hasn't signed a lette [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

University of Alabama at Samford University Baseball

Samford University junior first baseman Saxon Butler (33) is congratulated by a teammate after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of the University of Alabama at Samford University baseball game Tuesday April 19, 2011 at Joe Lee [...]

Posted On : Apr, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Ramirez avoids drug ban, at ease with retirement

Unwilling to face another drug ban, Manny Ramirez is leaving baseball and is at peace with his decision while the sport confronts the specter of steroids again. "I'm at ease," Ramirez told ESPNdeportes.com by phone from his [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Players and public hit out as baseball season begins

It's an old and often angry debate: during a national tragedy with thousands displaced, a nation traumatised and bodies still being counted, should athletes retire from the field in respectful silence – or play on? Japan's [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball roundup: Jake Peavy out for White Sox

Chicago White Sox right-hander Jake Peavy has been sidelined with tendinitis in his right rotator cuff. Peavy met with team doctors Sunday, and they prescribed anti-inflammatory medication a day after he pitched 5 2/3 innings against Oak [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Prep baseball: Mitchell pounds Pasco High

The Mitchell Mustangs had all the answers on Monday night in their 11-7 win over Pasco at Wiregrass Ranch High, advancing to the RBI Pasco County Varsity Baseball Tournament semifinals. "We've had all the right answers, and [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball: White Sox, Diamondbacks play charity game for Chri...

The Chicago White Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks traveled two hours to Tucson on Monday to play a charity game that honored Christina-Taylor Green, the 9-year-old girl killed in the attack on congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in January tha [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball roundup: $15-million deal for White Sox pitcher Mat...

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- With job security out of the way, White Sox lefty Matt Thornton can now turn his attention to proving he should be Chicago's closer. The All-Star reliever agreed to a $15-million, three-year contract Sunday that ad [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Tulane baseball team evens series vs. Ole Miss with 4-1 win

Nick Boullosa went 2-for-4, including a home run, to knock in all of Tulane's runs, and freshman Randy LeBlanc struck out eight in 4 2/3 innings to lead the Green Wave to a 4-1 victory over Ole Miss on Saturday at Oxford-University S [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Baseball: White Sox GM Kenny Williams says salaries are thre...

Chicago White Sox general manager Kenny Williams says talk of $30 million-a-year players is "asinine" and he would support a work stoppage to bring fiscal sanity. Williams doesn't want a stoppage, but he said the sport' [...]